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INDIAN GEOGRAPHY
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Pichavaram
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Pitara
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Sundarbans
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Bhitarkanika
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Sundarbans Reserve Forest (SRF), located in the south-west of Bangladesh between the river Baleswar in the East and the Harinbanga in the West, adjoining to the Bay of Bengal, is the largest contiguous mangrove forest in the world.
Detailed explanation-2: -In the coastal area of Bangladesh there are huge natural mangrove forests. Sundarbans is the biggest natural mangrove forest in the world, located between Bangladesh and India.
Detailed explanation-3: -Indonesia has the highest area of mangrove coverage (19%), followed by Australia (10%) and Brazil and Nigeria (each with 7%). More countries are listed in Figure 3, page 12.
Detailed explanation-4: -The world’s largest single mangrove forest, the UNESCO Marine World Heritage-listed Sundarbans between Bangladesh and India, is under immense threat of plastic pollution.